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NAME Donald Haynes Russell |
NICKNAME Don |
SERVICE NUMBER O-10908 |
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| UNIT VMSB-234 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 430 NE 51st Street, Miami, FL |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Jane Thomas Russell |
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| DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1919 |
ENTERED SERVICE 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS February 4, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA New Georgia |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead February 5, 1945 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS First Lieutenant Donald H. Russell was a dive-bomber pilot serving with VMSB-234 during the campaign for the Solomon Islands. On 4 February 1943, Russell piloted Dauntless SBD-4 10351, with SSgt. Ray T. Stanley as rear seat gunner, in a strike on Japanese ships near Munda, New Georgia. The ship failed to return from the raid, and the crew was listed as missing in action. Both Marines were declared dead on 5 February 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Air Medal, Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant (posthumous Captain) |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing in action |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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